▲
1
▼
In Metroid Prime, the wait time for doors between different rooms to open can sometimes last a long time, because it acts as a buffer to allow the room past the door to load in. In most cases, two rooms can be loaded in at once, the one Samus is in, and the one she is going to (on rare occasions three rooms can be loaded in), and in rooms with multiple exits, only one door can be open at a time.
According to programmer Zoid Kirsch, the game's developers went with the design of the blue force field on the doors that fades when shot to indicate the door is "ready" to open, but has to wait until the room behind it is loaded. Most times, the room should already be loaded by the time Samus gets to the door, but some gameplay elements like the Morph Ball make it so she can get there much faster. On the GameCube and Wii disc copies of Metroid Prime, this means you will have to wait for the disc to be read and finish loading the room for the door to open, but on a digital copy like the Wii U Nintendo eShop release of Metroid Prime Trilogy, the load times are much faster since the game is stored on the console's internal memory with no other changes to the game.
According to programmer Zoid Kirsch, the game's developers went with the design of the blue force field on the doors that fades when shot to indicate the door is "ready" to open, but has to wait until the room behind it is loaded. Most times, the room should already be loaded by the time Samus gets to the door, but some gameplay elements like the Morph Ball make it so she can get there much faster. On the GameCube and Wii disc copies of Metroid Prime, this means you will have to wait for the disc to be read and finish loading the room for the door to open, but on a digital copy like the Wii U Nintendo eShop release of Metroid Prime Trilogy, the load times are much faster since the game is stored on the console's internal memory with no other changes to the game.
Related Games
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime Hunters
Metroid Prime: Trilogy
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid Dread
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Ultimate NES Remix
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
NES Remix 2
Metroid Dread
Metroid II: Return of Samus DX
Nintendo Land
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Famicom Mini Collection
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Goonies II
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Wario's Woods
SimCity
Pokémon Emerald Version
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
F-Zero GX
Game & Watch Gallery 4
Super Punch-Out!!
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Golf
Mario Golf
Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends
Pokémon FireRed Version
Donkey Kong Country 3
Donkey Kong
Fossil Fighters
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Nintendo World Championships 1990